Aripeka radar-visual unidentified-object report — February 1956

Observer probably saw one of the above a/c. AF3 COLORADO SP'GS COLO RJEDFL/COMDR ATIC WRIGHT PATTERSON AFB OHIO RJEHPA/DIR OF INTEL HQ USAF WASHINGTON D C INFO R/JEPNB/COMDR EADF STEWART AF3 NY SR UNCLASSIFIED/INT 1033 UFO/1/A/ ROUND >/S/ AUTOR OR LG "HUCAP"/C1/ RED AND YELLOW ROTATING LIGHTS VERY BRIGHT /D/ ONE /E:/ N/A /F/ NONE /G/ NONE /H/ NONE /1, NONE /2/A/ GOC POST /3/ VERY LOW /C/VERY LOW /D/ ABOUT EIGHT MILES W OF GOC POST /E/ EITHER LANDED OR WENT BEYOND HORIZON /F/ APPRX TEN MINS /3/A/ GROUND VISUAL /B/ BINOCULARS /C/ N/A/4/A/ 13/22137 to 13/2227 /B/ NIGHT /5/ GJHD 1925 ABT THREE ZERO MILES NNW TAMPA FLA /6/A/ MR ___ APPRX SIX ZERO YRS BOX THREE NINE ARIPEKA FLA SUPV GOC POST ALSO MARSHAL OF AREA PHONE 6191 BET 1703-1906ZEST /F/ NONE /7/A/ CLEAR /B/ 256 DEGREES/ 3M AT 6 & 252 DEGREES /35 AT 12 & 240 DEGREES /55 AT 22 & 242 DEGREES/95 AT 32 & 246 DEGREES/55 6 PAGE TWO RJESKP 45 AT 50' /C/C/ NONE /D/ ONE FIVE MILES /E/ NONE /8/ NONE /9/ NONE /1/A/ LOCATED ON AIRWAY /11/ /D/1 35TH ADD OBJ DID NOT PAINT ON 657TH AC&W RADAR NAVY DID NOT HAVE ANY BLIMPS IN AREA AT TIME OF SIGHTING PRO- BABLY EITHER ACFT OR WEA BALLOON /12/ NONE BT 13/131652 FEB RJESKP IRVING Q LEE R1 CIVIL EXPLORATION FOR DEV ANT FROM USAF NORM.